On this day, the boiler inspector SVTI came to Arth Goldau for the annual inspection of 3 steam vehicles. After passing the inspection, the following present themselves from left to right: cogwhee... (more)

Three cogwheel steamtrains side by side in Rigi Staffel on the occasion of the 150 years anniversary event of the Rigi Bahnen. From left to right: H 2/3 # 16, built by SLM in 1923 for the Vitznau-... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotives H 2/3 # 17, built in 1925 by the SLM Winterthur for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB), and H 1/2 # 7 from 1873, unique operational cogwheel steamlocomotive with an upright boil... (more)

In 2021, the Rigibahnen will celebrate 150 years since the inauguration of the first cogwheel railway in Europe from Vitznau to the Rigi mountain in 1871 (Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn VRB). In 1873, the Swis... (more)